DNA

Raanan Carmieli1, Arun K Thazhathveetil, Frederick D Lewis

  • 1Department of Chemistry and Argonne-Northwestern Solar Energy Research (ANSER) Center, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208-3113, USA. r-carmielli@northwestern.edu

まとめ

研究者らは,分子スピンスイッチングのために,アントラキノン (Aq) とペリレネジミド (PDI) を使ったDNAヘアピンを開発した. 波長選択的光刺激は,シングレットまたはトリプルレジカルイオンペア形成を制御し,DNAベースの新しいスピンスイッチを示しています.

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